Spend, spend, spend. Where does it all go so fast? It didn’t seem like much at the time. There was the coffee in the morning. The muffin at break time. The lunch you forgot to pack. The jeans you didn’t need. The shoes you had to have. The pile of bills you had to pay. Okay, maybe it does add up and maybe your bank account didn’t get hacked.

We’re full speed ahead into week 2 of our challenge, and while some of our team members here at Stnce have stayed on track, for the most part, others have been inspired to come up with their ways to budget.

A few dollars here, a swipe there, it all adds up, and in what feels like no time at all, we’re transferring our entire paycheck to our credit card. Of course, then we feel bad for ourselves and start the cycle all over again.

As an entrepreneur, you often don’t feel confident because you’re regularly going into industries and situations where you’re the first to build something. In those moments, the most important thing to value in yourself is the ability to be resourceful and ask thoughtful questions, aka the tough and awkward ones.

I came across this fantastic idea the other day. You want to get to a point where payday is not a day you look forward to so you can pay for stuff in your life, instead, it just happens, and you keep on going.

The important thing to remember is that you can absolutely change your scope of knowledge. It doesn’t matter where you start. You can reach your financial goals as long as you’ve taken a moment to realize where you stand and focus on taking action.

I think financial confidence is important because once you become confident in one thing, it opens doors for you to become confident in others. You’re more willing to grow and take on new challenges once you’ve accomplished something and pushed yourself further than you thought you could go.

Being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don’t is incredibly important. Because it can lead to asking questions that are genuinely helpful to you and getting answers you’ll need in the near future.

“Confidence opens doors, and it can affect so much in your life. With confidence, you become more open to challenge. … It gives you the foundation to build leadership skills and feel good about taking ownership.

We concluded that there’s a loss of confidence when it comes to financial competence – something missing from our stnce – and saw the need for a platform that makes finance approachable; a resource that makes it relatable.

We realized that current platforms aren’t inclusive enough and do not address challenges that women face. Enter Stnce. An initiative that makes taking financial ownership relatable, approachable, and brunchable.